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- What not to miss at Dutch Design Week 2020 part 2: plasticDutch Design Week 2020 takes place from 17 to 25 October. Due to Covid-19, the event will be held entirely virtually, but that does…
- Paper cups made of fully recyclable paperboardRenewable materials company Stora Enso developed a renewable paperboard for paper cups, produced without the traditional plastic coating layer, that is fully recyclable. Paper…
- How biodegradable is biodegradable plastic?Researchers from the University of Plymouth examined the degradation of five plastic bag materials widely available from high street retailers in the UK in…
- Sunglasses made from ocean plastic to support clean wavesClean Waves, a creative fundraising platform aimed at boosting the use of eco-innovative material in fashion and industrial design, launches a series of 3…
- Bricks made from recycled PET bottlesIn Argentina, 12 million plastic bottles are discarded each day, of which only 15 per cent is recycled. Simultaneously, 3 million Argentines lack decent…
- Circular Tent Design Using Recycled Denim And Local ProductionDutch tent manufacturer Karsten introduces the Blueline collection, a range of tents made entirely from recycled materials. At the core of the design is…
- Netherlands Installs First Synthetic Turf Pitch Made With Recycled MaterialsA new synthetic turf football pitch using recycled and biobased materials has been installed at amateur football club FC Weesp in the Netherlands. The…
- Recyclable Polyurethane Foams Without Toxic ChemicalsResearchers at the University of Twente (Netherlands) have developed a safe, sustainable way to recycle polyurethane (PU) foam — used in mattresses, furniture, and…
- Grapevine Canes as a Sustainable Alternative to PlasticResearchers at South Dakota State University (SDSU) have developed plastic-like films from grapevine canes — the woody stems removed during annual pruning. The material…
- Fiat Launches First Car Interior Made from Recycled Beverage CartonsFiat introduces the first car interior made from recycled beverage cartons. The new Grande Panda model includes visible interior components manufactured using polyethylene and…
- Innovative System for Capturing Plastic Waste in RiversThe Italian company River Cleaning has developed an ingenious system designed to remove plastic waste from rivers. The system consists of a series of…
- Notjustuseless project turns recycled plastic straws into fabricNOTJUSTUSELESS, a project by Hungarian designer Katalin Huszár, is an experimental eco-design initiative to collect and reuse plastic straws and turning them into fabric.…
- Recycled fishing nets on Nylon Stockings DayToday (15 May) is Nylon Stockings Day. While nylon offered a stronger alternative to silk stockings in the 1930s, here at MaterialDistrict we are…
- Adidas and Parley Present Iconic Ocean Plastic TrainersAdidas and environmental initiative Parley for the Oceans have joined forces to release their first line of trainers with uppers made using plastic recovered…
- Sustainable Plastic Road Future?Will future roads be made from recycled plastic bottles? Netherlands based company VolkerWessels believes so. This construction company recently presented a concept for the…
- Plastic scraps become cladding innovationA recently completed building in the Netherlands is clad with exterior panels made entirely from waste plastic. Known as Gamplanken, this new cladding material…
- From Plastic Waste to Smart Sensors: Turning Bags into Pollution DetectorsScientists at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia have developed a way to transform discarded plastic bags into nanomaterials that can detect metal pollution in…
- DePoly to Launch Showcase Facility for Fossil-Free PET RecyclingSwiss cleantech company DePoly will open a 500-tonne-per-year demonstration plant this summer in Monthey, Switzerland. The facility is designed to validate its chemical recycling…
- A circular pavilion made with recycled glassA group of students, researchers and professors of KIT Karlsruhe created a circular pavilion made with recycled materials, including glass panels made from recycled…
- MIT Recycling System Turns Mixed Space Waste Into Manufacturing FeedstockNASA has awarded first prize in Phase 2 of its LunaRecycle Challenge to a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The winning…
- ExtrudeX: A Desktop Recycler Turning 3D-Print Waste into New FilamentAs 3D printing becomes increasingly integrated into professional design practice—from architectural modelmaking to experimental fashion and product development—the issue of material waste continues to…
- Eco-Responsible Furniture Innovations with Recycled MaterialsFrench company Furniture for Good is setting an example in the furniture industry by using innovative, eco-friendly materials. Their commitment to sustainability and circular…
- Modular houses made of waste plasticDutch housing association Parteon, foundation Clean2Anywhere and the municipality of Zaanstad will jointly produce twenty homes made from recycled plastic. The foundation Clean2Anywhere builds…
- 3D printed furniture made from Belgian plastic wasteBelgian designer Joachim Froment created a furniture collection called Strat, which is made by 3D printing locally collected plastic waste. The collection, which includes…
